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Now that's impressive! I had a 20 min queue at 11ST last night which I didn't think was bad at all. That's despite the server being "full" so they have definitely increased the capacity. There are also a ton more servers .... looks like 140 on the SWTOR status site but there's only data...

Useful info here: http://www.torstatus.net/ Also have read that EA/Blizz has been pretty aggressively tweaking per-server capacity to try to force a population balance (not necessarily a faction balance). And per-server capacity IS expected to rise after launch. SO let's hope that comes...

Good point, Will ... all the sturm and drang today does tend to go away pretty quickly. WoW was in a pretty disastrous state the first Christmas it launched and obviously it didn't hold them back in the long run... Dai -- totally get your perspective on the East Coast servers as well. I...

True, but Blizzard (and the world) had NO CLUE what the demand was going to be for WoW, and it just exploded. And WoW hasnt' really had queues for 5 years, and WoW *was* growing for the first 3 of those years, so it's something that can be beaten (if you throw enough capacity at it). EA/Bio...

West Coast PvP servers do seem to be the worst ... but all of the servers seemed pretty jammed last night. I wonder if they put in low pop caps pre-launch that they'll then raise? Or if they're planning on adding a bunch of new servers soon after launch. Since by definition the early access...

So midnight Saturday and it's a 10 minute queue. I remember WoW having queues ... but it's been at least 5 years. Forgot how annoying they were. So SWTOR seems to have 75 servers going right now (North America only). Not a shabby number with WoW at just 250. And an awful lot of them look...

Reading much about 1 hr queues to login. Server status says WotS is Very Heavy ... But not full. How is it really? I have not logged on since Thu midnight pst.

This is an awesome idea! I will almost certainly be unable to make 20:30 PST ... too early for me. 22:30 would be a more sure bet, but that's unreasonable for East Coast folks. So I suggest doing two times and two pictures, maybe starting up a poll with 6:30 p.m. Pacific 7:30 8:30...

This would have been annoying if I hadn't read it. Basically tonight (Thursday) servers go down at midnight PST for a 2-hour maintenance period. Monday night the servers go down late afternoon (4 p.m. PST) until official launch (at midnight CST / 10 p.m. Pacific? Can't seem to find the...

Now Amazon is saying that my box has shipped and will arrive tomorrow!? 5 days early! I haven't thought through everything but right now it seems like this whole staggered launch and overdeliver on expectations (e.g. promise late, deliver early) approach is totally genius on EA/Bioware's part.

OK, so I'm in-game now. Imperial agent dude, cleverly named Gilga so I can remember. On the server that ewoks posted. How do I go about getting an invite? I tried /who Called from Darkness but got nowhere ... still gotta learn the SWTOR interface. Or maybe since I'm still in the...

Funny you say that ... whenever I try to play against character in games like Mass Effect or Fable or even GTA ... I really really don't enjoy it. But anyhow, I'll give this darkside thing a whirl. I'm sure that the order-seeking Imperials would be much more interested in googledocs than...

So I used the 5GB in about 2 hours ... and now have pulled down another 5.5GB at home over the last 5.5 hours. So assuming the grand total is 19, that's 8.5GB to go ... maybe will be finished in the a.m., just in time to go to work. Goodie! Gotta say, the DL process is pretty smooth ... no...

So, maybe I will be playing by the weekend... 20,000,000,000 File size (B) 160,000,000,000 File size (b) 2,000,000 DL speed (b) 80,000 DL time (s) 1,333 DL time (m) 22.22 DL time (h) but if I use my entire 5GB monthly LTE allowance to get a head start, that leaves...

Well that's encouraging! 4 hours on what kind of connection? I suspect my home 2.5Mbps DSL would e a smidge longer (like 40 hours) ... but maybe my work connection (25-30Mbps) would be comparable? How big's your SWTOR folder, in fully-done mode?

So I got my early access email today ... but am not sure whether I should go for it ... or just wait until the DVD shows up next week. How big is the preload? How hammered are those servers today? For those of you who have gone down the path already ... how's it working? Worth the...

I take a contrarian view on these things ... I built a few PCs myself. Yes, putting together the parts is DEFINITELY not hard and is a cool, feel-good-about-yourself kind of project. However 1) If something goes wrong (e.g. the aforementioned mobo / g-card conflict) it can be nightmarish to...

This is my favorite 4.3 patch note: Guilds with inactive guild leaders can now usurp the leader under specific conditions . The one thing that WoW was missing was usurping ... the game is now utterly complete.

Gratz Mr. & Mrs. Sam!

I mean, if you're relatively small & cash-strapped, I get it. But if you're Activision ... sitting on no-foolin' $3.5B of cash ... and you very clearly have line-of-sight into pre-order volume ... there's no way you don't see what's coming AND totally overbuild infrastructure. But the game...